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[–] zante@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was, but as Atari was known for, was just a fancy new shell on eight year old hardware not too dissimilar to the 2600 or VCS or whatever your region calls it.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

the 800xe was roughly equivalent to a commodore 64.